Joe Hot Stuff
Sally Sweat
20270414
2027 USGS Pepper Eating Contest Data
tabular digital data
https://doi.org/10.5066/FAKEDOI
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20270604
20270604
ground condition
None planned
-180.0
180.0
90.0
-90.0
ISO 19115 Topic Category
farming
USGS Thesaurus
agriculture
recreation
None
None
Capsicum annuum
Capsicum chinense
Capsicum baccatum
Capsicum pubescens
Capsicum
Kingdom
Plantae
plants
Subkingdom
Viridiplantae
green plants
Infrakingdom
Streptophyta
land plants
Superdivision
Embryophyta
Division
Tracheophyta
vascular plants
tracheophytes
Subdivision
Spermatophytina
spermatophytes
seed plants
Class
Magnoliopsida
Superorder
Asteranae
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
nightshades
Genus
Capsicum
pepper
TSN: 30491
Species
Capsicum annuum
cayenne pepper
TSN: 30492
Species
Capsicum chinense
TSN: 30494
Species
Capsicum baccatum
TSN: 510075
Species
Capsicum pubescens
TSN: 505855
No access constraints. Please see 'Distribution Information' for details.
These data are marked with a Creative Common CC0 1.0 Universal License. These data are in the public domain and do not have any use constraints. Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.
Hot Sauce and Chili Pepper Shop
20260120
Scoville Scale
web site
Web site accessed on 2026-01-20
https://scovillescale.org/chili-pepper-scoville-scale/
Pepper_Contest_Participants.csv
Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing the names of people that participated in the 2026 pepper eating contest and the name of the hottest pepper each contestant was able to consume. See ScovilleDataset.csv for information about each of the listed peppers.
Producer Defined
Name
The first name of the competition participants.
Producer Defined
First name of each contestant in the pepper eating contest.
Chili_Pepper
Hottest pepper that the listed contestant was able to consume
Producer Defined
Common name for the last pepper consumed by each contest participant. See ScovilleDataset.csv for details for each of the listed Chili_Pepper.
ScovilleDataset.csv
Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data about each of the peppers included in the pepper eating contest.
Producer Defined
Chili_Pepper
Pepper common name(s) source input from Scoville Scale, 2026
Scoville Scale Defined
Common names for the listed pepper. Former names are included in parenthesis.
Scoville_Heat_Units_Min
Minimum known heat index value for the listed pepper
Scoville Scale Defined
0
1,100,000
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Scoville_Heat_Units_Max
Maximum known heat index value for the listed pepper
Scoville Scale Defined
0
1,853,936
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Scoville_Heat_Level
A code given to describe the heat of the listed pepper
Producer Defined
Mild
0-2,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Mild Hot
2,000 - 50,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Hot
50,000 - 100,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Spicy Hot
100,000 - 250,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Very Hot
250,000 - 500,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Really Hot
500,000 - 1,000,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Firey Hot
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Extreme Hot
1,500,000 + SHU
Scoville Scale Defined
Capsicum_Species
Latin scientific species name for the listed pepper
Producer Defined
Plants of the World Online (POWO)
https://powo.science.kew.org/
Observer_Notes
Observations made while tasting some of the peppers.
Producer Defined
Free text to describe observations
Harvest_Date
Calendar date (ISO 8601) that the pepper was harvested from the field.
Producer Defined
2026-12-01
2026-12-25
year-month-day (YYYY-MM-DD)
This data release contains 2 comma separated values (CSV) data files that describe a pepper eating contest and the Scoville heat index used to categorize the peppers in the contest. Pepper_Contest_Participants.csv includes the names of people that participated in the 2027 pepper eating contest and the name of the hottest pepper each contestant was able to consume. ScovilleDataset.csv includes information about each of the peppers included in the pepper eating contest. The "Chili_Pepper" field can be used to join the two data files.
See Detailed Entity and Attributes for a full description of each data file.
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
mailing address
Denver Federal Center
Building 810
Mail Stop 302
Denver
CO
80225
1-888-275-8747
sciencebase@usgs.gov
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Digital Data
https://doi.org/10.5066/xxxxxxxx
None
20260120
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001.1-1999